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PUZZLES
SUDOKU
BY LINDA THISTLE
PLACE A NUMBER IN THE EMPTY BOXES IN SUCH A WAY THAT EACH ROW ACROSS, EACH COLUMN DOWN AND EACH SMALL 9-BOX SQUARE CONTAINS ALL OF THE NUMBERS ONE TO NINE. 1. LITERATURE: In which novel did the character Sherlock Holmes rst appear? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Where is Area 51 located in the United States? 3. SCIENCE: How long does it take for light from the sun to reach Earth? 4. ENTERTAINERS: Which actor and comedian’s original name was Joseph Levitch? 5. GAMES: What is the sum of all numbers on a roulette wheel? 6. AD SLOGANS: What product was advertised with the slogan “Let your ngers do the walking ...”? 7. FOOD & DRINK: What grain is used to make sake? 8. U.S. STATES: Which state has used the slogan “Heart of Dixie” on its license plates? 9. MYTHOLOGY: Who was the Greek god of time? 10. GAMES: How many players are on each side in a polo game?
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ACROSS
1 Pagan belief 6 Shortly 12 Refuses to comply with 20 Bubbling over 21 Not end on schedule 22 She played Natalia Boa Vista on “CSI: Miami” 23 Warming up a 24-ounce Starbucks drink? 25 Corded phone connection 26 See 11-Down 27 Beijing-to-Taipei dir. 28 Indian-language word meaning “lower limbs?” 29 Greek dawn goddess 30 Car ad abbr. 32 Edison’s middle name 34 Go quickly, old-style 35 Put clothes on a raccoon relative? 39 Margarine, old-style 41 Praise highly 45 Gossipy sort 46 Pea keeper 47 Shiny gray wrist bones? 50 Bagel option 52 Non-paper money 54 Defeated in a footrace 55 Countri ed 58 “Right on!” 59 Echo 60 “That South Asian yogurt drink is my favorite!”? 64 Strip race 66 Anger 68 De ant type 69 Scan for typos and such 71 “Me and Bobby --” (1971 hit) 73 O -roader, in brief 74 Counterfeit 75 Spatula on a Hawaiian porch? 77 Noontime nap 80 Ring match 82 Singer Debby 83 Words after many ction book titles 84 Legions 86 Least vicious 90 Beautiful woman in the Muslim paradise who’s destitute? 92 During each 95 Actress -- Grace Moretz 96 Really tiny 97 Be worthy of 98 Chariot in which the Bible’s three wise men traveled? 100 Fast escape 102 1952 Winter Olympics city 104 Egg: Pre x 105 Foldable bed 106 Pool lengths completed by Hindu masters? 111 “... bug -- feature?” 113 Typos and such 116 Geometric plane curve 117 Fight a ruling family of old Florence? 120 Stopped sleeping 121 Tristan’s lady 122 Tendencies 123 Anonymous 124 Wood nish 125 Inner tension
DOWN
1 Crib outburst 2 “Except after C” lead-in 3 Roughens 4 -- Field (Mets’ stadium) 5 “Put -- on it!” 6 The so-called “Godfather of Punk” 7 Fall mo. 8 Malted drinks 9 Potted dwarf 10 Spy’s info 11 Start of an end-of-week cry that’s followed by 26-Across 12 Wrap o erer 13 Sir Walter Scott hero 14 Christian music singer -- Patty 15 Classic song 16 Umpire’s call 17 Lake that abuts Ohio 18 Egg foo -19 Gets the idea 24 DEA gure 28 “Barney Miller” star 29 Ben & Jerry’s rival 31 “Red Book” Chinese chairman 33 Put in words 36 Go hungry 37 Justice Alito 38 Raiders’ stats 40 Lead-in to a holiday 41 Delayed 42 Call into a court of law 43 Cornered 44 Big racket 47 Between solid and liquid 48 Filmmaker Nicolas 49 Tea holder 51 Time stretch 53 Old El -- (salsa brand) 56 Top dog 57 Tomb raider Croft 59 Sirius XM medium 60 Lyric writer Gershwin 61 “We’d better skip that” 62 Apparent 63 Mexican hats 65 Broccoli --: Var. 67 Perpetually, to poets 70 Be worthy of 71 1972 Summer Olympics city 72 Christmas Nativity display 74 WWII battle site 76 Unit of bricks 78 “Climb -- Mountain” 79 Six, in Sicily 81 Forebodings 83 Yellow n tuna, in Hawaii 84 Santa -85 Wrap o erer 87 Deciding (to) 88 One-man bands, e.g. 89 Examine 91 Doe and hen 93 Vainglory 94 Construction bolt installer 98 Many a Utah churchgoer 99 Fish lurer 100 Vilify in print 101 By itself 103 Untethered 106 Time stretch 107 Tot’s H2O 108 Composer Khachaturian 109 Create 110 Hip hangouts 112 Showing skill 114 Country’s McEntire 115 Yemeni port 117 Part of ACLU: Abbr. 118 Fruity drink 119 Su x with 31-Down or 93-Down
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